?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Quantitative+Estimates+of+the+Social+Benefits+of+Learning+2%3A+Health+(Depression+and+Obesity)+%5BWider+Benefits+of+Learning+Research+Report+No.+6%5D&rft.creator=Feinstein%2C+Leon&rft.description=In+this+report%2C+information+from+the+latest+sweeps+of+the+UK+national+cohorts+is+used+to+estimate+the+magnitude+of+the+effects+of+learning+on+depression+and+obesity.+The+estimated+effects+of+education+have+then+been+linked+to+studies+of+the+social+costs+of+ill+health%2C+in+order+to+make+progress+in+the+task+of+evaluating+the+health+benefits+of+learning.+Findings+show+that+the+sizable+differences+in+health+observed+for+those+with+different+levels+of+education+are+partially+due+to+the+effects+of+education+and+are+not+due+solely+to+differences+that+precede+or+explain+education.+Moreover%2C+these+differences+in+health+outcomes+are+important+from+a+perspective+of+public+finance+as+well+as+in+terms+of+equity+and+wider+social+well-being.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10018651%2F1%2FWBLResRep6.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10018651%2F&rft.rights=open